I’m not sure if many of you are aware that it is the Persian New Year, I don’t celebrate it. I only know from my grandfather who lived in Israel when he escaped WWII. The american position of Persians, is one of tension due to the tensions that have existed between the States and the middle east for many decades. President Obama released an address on the Persian new year on March 19th. He salutes and acknowledges the Persian new year (Nowruz) and then quickly uses the attention of the new year, to address the severity of the nuclear weapon problem in Iran- which is plaguing the U.S and the President’s administration. Obama after his address hopped on a plane to Isreal to convince citizens of the severity of Iran’s nuclear weapons and pleas to the citizens to convince Iran to prevent any further production of nuclear weapons unless they follow the US’s or global standards of nuclear production. It is interesting that Obama (almost appalling that Obama chose Nowruz to harness support for the States nuclear plan for Iran.
“Obama stated that the world is united in that goal, and said there’s a practical solution that would let Iran access nuclear energy – but that Iran’s government hasn’t shown its nuclear program is peaceful.” Obama then candy coats a threat by stating that if Iranians do not follow a peaceful nuclear weapon plan, then the US and supporting countries will be “denied opportunities that citizens from other nations enjoy, and added that it will take a sustained effort to overcome decades of mistrust.”
…..happy new year…??